The Guide to the Scriptures

Vision

A visual revelation of some event, person, or thing through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Examples of important visions include the following: Ezekiel’s vision of the last days (Ezek. 37–39), Stephen’s vision of Jesus standing on the right hand of God (Acts 7:55–56), John’s revelation concerning the last days (Rev. 4–21), Lehi and Nephi’s vision of the tree of life (1 Ne. 8, 10–14), Alma the Younger’s vision of an angel of the Lord (Mosiah 27), the brother of Jared’s vision of all the inhabitants of the earth (Ether 3:25), the vision of the glories (D&C 76), visions given Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the Kirtland Temple (D&C 110), Joseph F. Smith’s vision of the redemption of the dead (D&C 138), Moses’ vision of God and his creations (Moses 1), Enoch’s vision of God (Moses 6–7), Joseph Smith’s first vision (JS—H 1).